The next great Spider-man? Peep the new Web of Shadows trailer

A new trailer for Spider-Man: Web of Shadows caught our eye today with its …

Though Spider-man has done pretty well overall in the video game realm compared to other super heroes, games involving everyone's favorite neighborhood web-slinger have still been disturbingly hit-or-miss. For every Spider-man 2, there's a Spider-man 3. Whatever reservations one was holding about the new Spider-man: Web of Shadows should be quickly forgotten, though, after seeing the new trailer for the title, which is now on the web.

Though the trailer features some nice animation with a distinct cartoon-like bent, a war-torn New York rife with the trademark black symbiotic alien matter climbing buildings like vines, and destruction aplenty, it's the mood that really clicks. Opting for the Gears of War strategy, the trailer is set to Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" and begins with Peter walking slowly, head down, toward the edge of the building before plummeting into the night and asking, "What has become of my city?"

Perhaps it's just that we're suckers for the "sad music over action" trick, but both Ben and I have enjoyed new interest in the title after this trailer. It'll take more than music to win over the hearts of gamers, though, when the game lands for all major platforms on October 21. It'll have to contend with the likes of LittleBigPlanet and Fable 2.

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